Nevada may start a statewide program that tracks rape kits while keeping victims updated on the kits’ progression through the system.
Sex Crimes
A once-prospective juror in the War Machine rape and attempted murder trial showed up for the second day of testimony on Tuesday, even though she was never selected to hear the case.
She lay bleeding on the bathroom floor of her home, a pair of teeth knocked out, her eyes swollen shut. Prosecutors say that’s when Jonathan Koppenhaver, a former MMA fighter known as War Machine, told her: “This is it. I’ve got to kill you now.”
Anniah Pratt Jr., 22, was arrested on Feb. 4 after the woman flagged down a a stranger in a Vons grocery store parking lot and said she had been violently assaulted and raped.
With national media watching, jury selection started Monday in the trial of a former mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine, accused of beating and sexually assaulting a former girlfriend.
The Nevada Department of Corrections reported that inmate Edmond Krotz died Wednesday morning.
After multiple delays, a trial is set to begin next week for ex-MMA fighter War Machine, who is accused of beating and sexually assaulting his girlfriend in 2014.
A former Las Vegas teacher was arrested Sunday on charges of sexual assault and lewdness with a 9-year-old student.
After the verdict Friday, Jerry Earl Johnson, who was acquitted of a second charge, was taken into custody without bail. He faces 10 years to life in prison at an April sentencing for the 2009 incident at Wyndham Grand Desert hotel.
A 10-year-old girl called Las Vegas police this month to report that she had been sexually molested, and records show that a family friend has been arrested in the case.
A Henderson man was arrested this month on domestic battery charges after his girlfriend escaped her apartment and flagged down a stranger for help, according to an arrest report obtained this week by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim escaped from a hotel room at the Palms on Friday, according to a Las Vegas police report, and three suspects have been arrested.
Arbor View High School’s athletic director had his bail set Tuesday at $1.5 million in his child pornography case and now faces additional charges, including first-degree kidnapping.
Researchers reviewed 159 sex trafficking cases that were investigated by Las Vegas police in 2014 and found that nearly three-quarters of them did not result in prosecution.
A man and his girlfriend are being held in the Clark County Detention Center and face charges of sex trafficking a 16-year-old Las Vegas girl in January, jail records show.